South Australian bus drivers involved in a protracted bargaining dispute with a contractor to the State Government have won an 8% pay rise, increased minimum daily hours and free black shoes under an award arbitrated by the AIRC.
A Federal Court full bench has offered the company involved in a long-running unfair dismissal case by an unrepresented employee the chance to end the litigation for $13,000.
In a crucial decision, an AIRC full bench has found today that the landmark Cetin decision is no longer relevant and that regular and systematic casuals employed for less than a year can't claim unfair dismissal, unless there is a discrimination element to their case.
The NSW Teachers Federation has called off the stopwork meeting it planned for this Friday, in the wake of the Carr Government yesterday revealing in the State Budget that it would fully fund the 12% arbitrated pay rise awarded to teachers this month.
A five-member AIRC full bench has today refused a Master Builders Australia bid to expand the work and family test case to include its application to introduce part-time work in the construction sector.
AIRC Vice President Iain Ross will this Friday convene a conciliation conference in a further bid to resolve issues relating to the intervention of superannuation funds in the Victorian common rule awards test case.
Qantas has announced plans to establish a base for 400 cabin crew in London by the middle of 2005 and slash costs by $18m a year, with existing flight attendants to be given priority for the jobs.
The Democrats have today dashed the Howard Government's hopes of passing its Cole legislation, revealing the party will oppose passage of the bill "outright", because it "cannot be salvaged or amended".
The Democrats and the Howard Government have today announced they have reached agreement on introducing a choice of superannuation regime from July 1 next year, while a former advisor to PM Paul Keating says 9% super contributions will provide adequate retirement incomes.
The CCI of WA will oppose in full a UnionsWA application seeking a maximum of 16 weeks redundancy pay for the State's employees without many of the limitations imposed by the AIRC in its recent test case decision.
